Reviewed by: vigi
Beautiful scenery!Scary to navigate on the road, but definetly but definitely worth the trip. Going solo is not a problem.
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Packages: | Island Air |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2015/01/07 |
Activity Date: | 2014/12/21 |
Reviewed by: Michelle
Be prepared for a long day (18 hours) and take a waterproof warm jacket. Hugh, our driver/ guide was great and the tour is outstanding.
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Packages: | Volcano Adventure |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/12/29 |
Activity Date: | 2014/12/23 |
Reviewed by: Barbara Angeja
The boat on this tour was quite old and needs attention to cleanliness and accomodations for serving of food left a little to be desired. The access to the water for snorkeling was not pleasant. The very steep ladder was unpleasant. The second stop for snorkeling I just jumped off the boat instead of trying to get down the steep stairs. The crew seemed to be short handed. They could have used one more crew member. Aside from the above, the staff really made our trip worthwhile. Snorkeling off the island of Lanai was very beautiful, the coral pristene, water calm and inviting. The second snorkel stop on the Maui side was not pleasant but it was not the fault of the crew. The weather front came in and made it almost impossible to snorkel with the strong current.
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Packages: | 2-for-1 Review Rebate Special |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/29 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/24 |
Reviewed by: stroey
We had a great time on this trip - the crew were friendly and informative, the snorkel locations (2) were varied with clear calm water and the scenery along the way spectacular.
Unfortunately on this trip, no dolphins. However, the added bonus was at least 6 humpback whales, with one curious juvenile circling the boat and the crew provided in-depth information about whale migration and habits which enhanced the viewing experience. Amazing!
Only detraction for me was that I felt more information could have been provided around the snorkel portion (e.g. type of fish, function of coral reefs) and the islands themselves would have really enhanced the experience.
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Packages: | 2-for-1 Review Rebate Special |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/18 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/12 |
Reviewed by: DAT
Lanai is worth seeing (once) and we are glad we went. We chose this tour because we didn't just want to go snorkling or sit on a beach but wanted to see the whole island. We did not want to drive ourselves and wanted some history. Unfortunately, the tour company booked our full day tour along with another couple's half day tour. Our guide Tony is a really nice person, but as he said, they only call him when the other regular guides are all booked. He struggled to make two different tours work together, and we were the losers. We simply drove to Garden of the Gods, had a brief moment outside the GM four wheel drive suburban (in which my wife and I sat in the far rear seats for the time with the other couple, which was pretty uncomfortable), and then drove back and out to Shipwreck beach. Then Tony dropped us off to buy our lunch in Lanai City while he drove the other couple to the ferry to conclude their half day tour. He picked us up at 1:30 in Lanai City, and we drove around about every street which was sociologically interesting but not much about seeing the island. Then we drove to the old pineapple loading harbor, and down to the residential area around the Four Seasons at the beach. We asked to terminate the tour early and took an earlier ferry back. Tony repeated most of his morning stories in the afternoon. He is a nice guy, a safe driver and grew up on the island so had many personal stories, but not a lot of history outside the personal stories.
Do not take this tour unless the company confirms that they are not booking two conflicting tours together. Try to get the other guides.
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Packages: | Full Day Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/11/09 |
Activity Date: | 2014/11/06 |
Reviewed by: Sherry Ezell
This was an awesome trip. A bit of confusion with the booking on this, but Dan was very accommodating. He took us on a wonderful, fast, boat ride that was amazing. We snorkeled a bit, but had a lot more fun on his awesome boat.....THE INSANITY! Would definitely recommend this trip again.
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Packages: | Half Day Morning Snorkel (7:15 am Departure) |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2014/10/26 |
Activity Date: | 2014/10/23 |
Reviewed by: Megan
Bruce was a fantastic guide. He was really passionate and knowledgeable and we thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Can highly recommend it especially if you can get Bruce to show you around. We did the half day tour and saw a lot and then spent the rest of the day on the beach. Do this if you want to get the full experience of the island and what it has to offer.
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Packages: | Half Day Tour |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2014/10/24 |
Activity Date: | 2014/10/15 |
Reviewed by: Bill Farrant
The Ferry was clean, the staff was well organized and we sat in the shaded air conditioned area upstairs as we didn't need any more direct sunlight. The return time is flexible and we liked touring the top up Lanai as it is more of an alpine experience than we expected for Hawaii. We had lunch at a very nice little diner and the wife bought a painting from a local artist - All in all a good, enjoyable day and an alternative to being on Maui all week long.
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Packages: | Lahaina to Manele (Round-Trip) |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2014/09/30 |
Activity Date: | 2014/09/02 |
Reviewed by: Guest
Had a good time, few people on the boat. 2 Good snorkeling spot with lots of fish and turtles
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Packages: | Standard Package with Transportation |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2014/09/24 |
Activity Date: | 2014/09/22 |
Reviewed by: seizan
ビールはラナイ島の帰りに無料でもらえました。
スタッフは各グループに積極的に話しかけており、とってもフレンドリーでした。ただ、注意事項なども完全に英語のみなので、ちょっとでも英語が聞き取れないと厳しいですね。
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Packages: | ラナイ島の観光つき!アルティメート・シーファリ |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2014/09/23 |
Activity Date: | 2014/09/20 |
Reviewed by: Donald & Amanda
Food was good. Snorkeling was fun. One of the few companies that go to this location.
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Packages: | Standard Package with Transportation |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/08/26 |
Activity Date: | 2014/08/15 |
Reviewed by: dodger
Was very informative but spent most of the morning at touristy places and then the volcano park in the afternoon. Was bit disappointed we didn't see lava or get to go up the observatory on Mona Lua. The information the guide provided was worth it though.
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Packages: | Volcano Adventure |
Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
Posted on: | 2014/08/02 |
Activity Date: | 2014/07/12 |
Reviewed by: Tom and Jan
We took this tour as a day trip from Kauai. We are very pleased with the service. The tour associates were very helpful in making sure that we made all our connections, before and during the day. The tour bus driver, Ed, was very informative and made sure that we had the best experience possible.
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Packages: | via Hawaiian Airlines |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/07/22 |
Activity Date: | 2014/07/10 |
Reviewed by: Bev
We thoroughly enjoyed the 4x4 guided tour. Our guide had lived in Lanai his whole life and told about the history of the island and how it had changed. Having a guide is the best way to travel on the island because he knew special spots to see that one would miss if just renting a 4x4. We highly recommend!
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Packages: | Half Day Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/06/30 |
Activity Date: | 2014/06/26 |
Reviewed by: d52matthe
Really great tour that included so much of the island. Loved the stop at Mona Loa and the Orchid Producers. Jani, our driver was extremely knowledgeable and gave us a great deal of inside information about the island, Hawaii. The stop at Rainbow Falls gave us a beautiful view info about Hina's home. If I could change anything, I'd shorten the tour by about one hour. The kids (6 and 10 years old) were really exhausted by the end of the day. Then again, no trouble getting them to bed that night :-)
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Packages: | Volcano Adventure |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2014/06/29 |
Activity Date: | 2014/06/25 |
Reviewed by: Rafael Hernandez
Great tour, love it. The driver Hugh our tour person was informative and great. Would love to go on the Kauai trip soon as well hope to be able to visit again.
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Packages: | Volcano Adventure |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/06/27 |
Activity Date: | 2014/06/24 |
Reviewed by: John A. Calleja
This was a great tour and the experience was awesome!!!
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Packages: | Arizona, USS Missouri, City & Punchbowl Tour via Hawaiian Airlines |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2014/06/26 |
Activity Date: | 2014/06/18 |
Reviewed by: Jordan from ohio
Absolutely amazing.. Got u on the airplane and off straight to a bus and then to Pearl Harbor.. Our tour guide was amazing " Keao" he was so nice and informative.. Gonna name our first son after him!!!
He desrerves at least A $20 tip.. If u don't u shouldn't go on vaca anymore bc he is the best
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Packages: | Arizona, Missouri & Honolulu City via Hawaiian Airlines (from Kahului) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/06/14 |
Activity Date: | 2014/06/11 |
Reviewed by: excellent
excellent, recommend to everyone, fast and safety, will do it again
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Packages: | Lahaina to Manele (One-Way) |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2014/06/07 |
Activity Date: | 2014/05/18 |
Reviewed by: Rich P
Took my 80 year old parents with us and was worried about too much walking. No worries with this trip. The tour provide enough in Pearl Harbor without over doing it. Great drive through the city with ample time to shop downtown. Our tour guide Ed was fabulous. Great sense of humor and very knowledgeable. Flights on Hawaiian Air were great and the tour rep who met us at check in was prompt and had all our boarding passes. Over all a great trip!
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Packages: | via Hawaiian Airlines |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/06/02 |
Activity Date: | 2014/05/29 |
Reviewed by: Cheryl
I was really excited to visit the big island since it was my first time. We were staying on Oahu but wanted to see volcanos. The trip was exactly what was published but they didn't mention that most if the time was on the bus. We were hoping when we got to the national park we would be able to hike a little but everything was very short stops. I would not recommend if you are an active person and want to explore.
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Packages: | Volcano Adventure |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/05/31 |
Activity Date: | 2014/05/05 |
Reviewed by: Kathy
This is a great inexpensive way to experience another island in Hawaii. The trip is only 45 minutes and the view is amazing. The staff is friendly and the boat is clean with comfortable seating.
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Packages: | Lahaina to Manele (Round-Trip) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/05/23 |
Activity Date: | 2014/05/19 |
Reviewed by: Tom
Overall trip itineray was well organized beginning with plane tickets to and from Kauai. Plane ride was ~20 minutes to Oahu. Tour supposed to begin at 9:30am didn't start ontime due to 2 people being late. That alone did not make us late for 30 minute film presenation at 10:30am at Pearl but did cut into free time to observe rest of memorial. The film presentation was excellent! Trip out to Memorial was all good and quite humbling. All was well organized and went fine. Next went to battleship Missouri and all went fine ( except it rained - no one's fault there )
Next we were out to Memorial Cemetary and that was very interesting as well. Last stop after leaving Cemetary was our free time in Waikiki. Traffic was horrendous and lost alot of freetime to walk around due to travel to downtown.
For my wife and I we felt the cost of trip was reasonable and very glad we took the trip. But the one ingrediant that made the whole day memorable and quite enjoyable was our guide - Mr Garfield. He was engaging, he was extremely knowledgeable not only about Pearl but about ......everything. Not taking away anything from other guides available but having Mr Garfield was a huge positive to making the day an absolute success. I recommend that if you are contemplating taking a trip that you request Mr Garfield. You will not be disappointed.
Mahalo
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Packages: | via Hawaiian Airlines |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/05/01 |
Activity Date: | 2014/04/28 |
Reviewed by: Mrs. West
This was a wonderful trip for our honeymoon. Lunch was provided and tasted great. The guides were incredibly knowledgeable of the sea and all the species we encountered. Our guide stopped the boat at one point so we could watch as a large pod of dolphins that surrounded our boat. We were also able to swim with a Monk Seal! Absolutely recommend this adventure to visitors.
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Packages: | 2-for-1 Review Rebate Special |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/04/10 |
Activity Date: | 2013/07/24 |
Reviewed by: Viviane
The name of the tour is Volcano Adventure but the actual volcano-related activities are very limited and a disappointment. They pick you up at 5:00 am and by 2:00 pm you have not done any volcano activities. It felt like we were being taken to places just to spend money: a dinner, a macadamia plant, an orchid greenhouse, another restaurant. And when the volcano activities finally start, you do not get anywhere near the active volcano. You can't see it at all. The tour's material show pictures of flowing lava and they say that "This tour company cannot guarantee the viewing of active lava flow". This is very misleading. The reality is that they know for a fact that you will not be anywhere close to the flowing lava because, as they explain once you are in the bus in the Big Island, there are simply no roads to get to it.
They kids got really bored and were very disappointed. So were we...
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Packages: | Volcano Adventure |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2014/03/17 |
Activity Date: | 2014/03/10 |
Reviewed by: Rose Baxter
My husband and I had a wonderful time. We will be back,soon!
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/03/12 |
Reviewed by: Wade
The tour guide was very informative and friendly. The bus was clean. The Arizona was very somber but we were glad we were able to see it. We also went to the Missouri, we would have liked to had more time here and less time driving around Honolulu. Otherwise it was a good day spent.
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Packages: | via Hawaiian Airlines |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2014/02/25 |
Activity Date: | 2014/02/19 |
Reviewed by: Diane Koers
We took the Pearl Harbor tour during our recent stay in Maui. The sign up process was easy and all the employees were extremely helpful. Our tour guide, "Auntie Em or Emily" was fantastic. She told us all kinds of information about what we were seeing and she also relayed several additional stories from her father who was in the military and stationed at Pearl Harbor during the bombings.
The trip was more than about Pearl Harbor. She also took us to downtown Honolulu and Waikiki beach area. It was a long, but inspiring day trip. I highly recommend it.
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Packages: | Arizona, Missouri & Honolulu City via Hawaiian Airlines (from Kahului) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2013/09/26 |
Activity Date: | 2013/09/12 |
Reviewed by: dylanbarter
We had such an amazing time. We had Capt Rob as our guide and he was great. The volcano tour was great and Rob was very accomodating for breakfast and lunch needs knowing most of us had come over on planes from Oahu.
Flight was a huge disappointment. If you have the choice fly Hawaiian not Go! Airlines. We were dropped off at the airport in Hilo at 6pm and our flight back to Oahu didn't depart till 8:30. Not much to see or do at such a small airport. It ruined our day and destroyed our dinner plans for the evening. Everyone else on the tour were flying with Hawaiian and departed straight away. We were not given a choice in airlines but wish we had.
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Packages: | Via go! Mokulele Airlines |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2013/09/18 |
Activity Date: | 2013/09/13 |
Reviewed by: Kulvinder
Good. Well recommended Good guide. Slightly d is appointed with some commercial stops
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Packages: | Via go! Mokulele Airlines |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2013/09/07 |
Activity Date: | 2013/08/19 |
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